CVE-2009-4307

NameCVE-2009-4307
DescriptionThe ext4_fill_flex_info function in fs/ext4/super.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.32-git6 allows user-assisted remote attackers to cause a denial of service (divide-by-zero error and panic) via a malformed ext4 filesystem containing a super block with a large FLEX_BG group size (aka s_log_groups_per_flex value).
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDSA-2443-1

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
linux-2.6sourceetch(not affected)
linux-2.6sourcelenny(not affected)
linux-2.6sourcesqueeze2.6.32-41squeeze2DSA-2443-1
linux-2.6source(unstable)2.6.32-2low
linux-2.6.24source(unstable)(not affected)

Notes

[etch] - linux-2.6 <not-affected> (vulnerable code introduced in 2.6.27)
[lenny] - linux-2.6 <not-affected> (vulnerable code introduced in 2.6.27)
- linux-2.6.24 <not-affected> (vulnerabile code introduced in 2.6.27)

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